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January 11th 2016:The Effects Of Abuse and Cruelty on the Animal and Human Connection

What are the links between the human-animal bond, animal cruelty, interpersonal violence; child and elder maltreatment and criminal behavior? With our guests Jim Pyle and Philip Tedeschi from the ColoradoLINK project. Helping to expand our understanding of the human-animal bond, we’ll be talking about these connections and why they matter for interpersonal relationships- people to people, and people to animal. 'The Link' utilizes a multidisciplinary approach across Colorado that develops and implements training and educational activities that assist in raising awareness of the significance of

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Featured Guests

Philip Tedeschi

Philip Tedeschi: Clinical Professor Philip Tedeschi is the Executive Director of The Institute for Human-Animal Connection at The University of Denver within the Graduate School of Social Work. He is Internationally recognized for research, scholarship, training and community practice work have focused on human-animal interaction with focus on both the therapeutic potential of animal’s in human health as well as public safety and risk factors associated with animal abuse. He teaches practitioners best practice and evidence supported clinical methods for Animal Assisted Interventions. He coordinates the schools Animal-Assisted Social Work Certificate Program for the Master of Social Work (M

Jim Pyle

Jim Pyle is the Project Manager for the Colorado LINK Project at the Institute for Human-Animal Connection and also currently is an adjunct faculty and field liaison at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. With over 30 years of experience in the social work field, Jim has worked in child welfare and private practice with “high-risk” youth and families, and also in community based agencies with sexual and criminal offenders. Jim is very familiar with patterns of violence and abuse and has been providing forensic evaluations of animal cruelty offenders for the courts in Colorado. In his work with the Colorado LINK Project, Jim has collaborated with a wide variety of